Researchers seek prolonged antidepressant withdrawal cases

June 11, 2011

The link to the info below is

ged-antidepressant-withdrawal-cases/ or http://tinyurl.com/3zuaxo9

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An Italian researcher is collecting case reports of prolonged antidepressant

withdrawal syndrome for important research papers now in progress.

Please send your case report immediately -- instructions and an e-mail address

are given below. Reports may be in English, French, Spanish, or Italian.

The research effort is led by Dr. Carlotta Belaise, a colleague of Dr. Giovanni

A. Fava and frequent co-author with him of scientific papers challenging the

long-term use of antidepressants.

Dr. Belaise is a research fellow in the Affective Disorders Program of the

department of psychology at the University of Bologna in Italy. Her research

team is collecting data on antidepressant withdrawal syndrome, " which we

strongly believe is a very important, common and delicate clinical problem. "

" A couple of manuscripts on this important issue are in progress. "

Please send your case report immediately in this format:

- Your pseudonym (to use if your report is published)

- The date of this report

- Your current age

- Gender (if female, menopausal?)

- Psychiatric drug history

- When and how did you taper off each medication?

- Your symptoms in the earlier phase of withdrawal

- Your current symptoms

- Which symptoms have gotten better? Which have gotten worse? What treatments

have been helpful?

- Is there anything else you would like to say about withdrawal and withdrawal

syndrome?

Your identity will remain confidential. Researchers may contact you through your

e-mail address for clarification, if necessary, and possibly for longitudinal

follow-up periodically to track your recovery. Your e-mail address will not be

used for any other purpose.

Send your e-mail to:

withdrawal.cases //at// gmail.com

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